You'll notice that when you log out or shut down STO, the Client will start patching. We turned on Pre-Patching for you so that come patching day you don't have to wait on slow servers to get started with the game.

So, not to worry, it's just the game catching up to the next patch before it goes live.

You'll notice that when you log out or shut down STO, the Client will start patching. We turned on Pre-Patching for you so that come patching day you don't have to wait on slow servers to get started with the game.

So, not to worry, it's just the game catching up to the next patch before it goes live.

Ashur: Do you test the game on Tribble a lot? If so, you may not be hit with the prepatch as the game can pull from the Tribble files.

I had the game and tribble both up to date. My prepatch was around 740 mb, and took less than five minutes. It also doesn't launch until several seconds, nearly a full minute after the game is closed, so maybe it happened and you missed it?

There will be a few other things rolled into this. I don't have the final patch notes yet, but once I do, they will go up.
Soemtimes checking out the tribble forums and patch notes there can get you a glimpse at what may come though!